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Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Portugal in November 2024

A list of 50 angel investors and VC (Venture Capital) funds that invest in Marketplace startups based in Portugal. We rank investors based on the number of investments they made in Marketplace companies from Portugal. We update this investor list every month.

Top 50 Marketplace Startup Investors in Portugal in November 2024

Investor Marketplace Portugal investments
Portugal Ventures 17
LC Ventures 9
REDangels 8
Olisipo Way 7
Shilling 7
Lince Capital 5
Indico Capital Partners 5
Best Horizon 4
Notion Capital 4
Pathena 3
WISENEXT 3
Faber 3
COREangels 3
Bynd Venture Capital 3
SVG Ventures 3
All Iron Ventures 2
Curiosity VC 2
Maersk Growth 2
Omnes Capital 2
CapitalT 2
MSM 2
TrulyMad 2
Ideias Glaciares 2
Pitchdrive 2
Ganexa Capital 2
Caixa Capital 2
European regional development fund (ERDF) 1
Bright Pixel 1
Five Seasons Ventures 1
CaixaBank 1
SID Venture Partners 1
7 Graus 1
Pedro Lourenço 1
Semapa Next 1
Seaya 1
Golden Egg Check Capital 1
Sérgio Oliveira 1
SVG Ventures 1
Morningstar Ventures 1
Hiero 1
Übermorgen Ventures 1
Seedrs 1
ADvantage 1
Speedinvest 1
White Star Capital 1
Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento 1
Pankaj Chaddah 1
BlueCrow Capital 1
Explorer Investments 1
Iberis Capital 1
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Portugal Ventures VC Fund · Porto, Lisboa, Portugal · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Verticals:Enterprise, SaaS, Security, Networks, AI, VR/AR, Marketplace, Blockchain, Internet of Things, New materials, Electronics, Robotics, Cleantech, Agrotech, Seatech, Therapeutics, Digital Health, Diagnostics, Innovative Accommodation, Tourist Entertainment Companies, Tour Operators, Wine, Nautical and Equestrian Tourism, Theme ParksMobile, Robotics Founded in 2012, Portugal Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Porto, Portugal. The firm is a part of the Banco Português de Fomento group. The firm seeks to invest in pre-seed, seed and series A stages
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Health Care
  • Seed, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, United States, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Unlockit — Revolutionizing Real Estate Transaction Management. Streamline your processes and unlock success with Unlockit's advanced solutions
  • PluggableAI — Pluggable is the leading Meaningful Mobile Engagement solution where, through disruptive AI models and non-intrusive smartphone sensors, we maximize mobile app engagement.
  • Corium Biotech — Corium Biotech is an R&D company dedicated to the bioproduction of exotic leather destined to answer the current leather market needs for performant materials that respect both the environment and animal wellbeing.
LC Ventures VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
We’re an early stage European venture capital firm partnering with globally minded founders.We’re supportive, founder focused, and aim to work together with you as a close and collaborative team of independent thinkers. Along with the support of our entire network, each member of our team brings their own personal experience to the table. Thefirst ticket is up to 200K€ and the total investment in a given startup can be up to 1M€.We decide investments quickly, allowing the founders to get back focusing on growing the business. Our team and network of international mentors help young startups to scale quickly and to prepare for the next rounds.Our partners have been investing in tech-based startups since 2000 and have a portfolio of more than 100 companies in the USA, Brazil, The Netherlands, Spain and Portugal.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of Things
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series D
  • Portugal, China, Poland
Portfolio highlights
  • 360hyper — The groceries marketplace where you can find everthing you need. Buy online groceries as fast as in 4 hours with personalized picking.
  • Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
  • Brands&Ninjas — SaaS to control the performance of physical marketing campaigns on retail.
REDangels VC Fund · Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
They believe the unbelievable and trust the untrustable.
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Investment focus
  • Internet of Things, Mobile, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Portugal, Poland, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • HypeLabs — HypeLabs is the company that created the Hype SDK, an interoperable mesh networking software that improves connectivity on all kinds of devices, from mobile to desktop to IoT, allowing them to connect even when there is no internet. The software works by intelligently connecting devices in local mesh networks using existing connectivitytechnologies, such as Bluetooth, WiFi, LoRa and others. This network enables content to securely hop between devices, until it reaches a destination or an Internet exit point, improving range and deliverability.Founded in 2016, the company is located in San Francisco (USA), Porto (Portugal), London (UK) and Krakow (Poland). AngelPad #10 (Spring '16) alumni & Deutsche Telekom WARP alumni.
  • Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
  • Sensefinity — Sensefinity The Blockchain IoT Transformation Company Building the Internet of Cargo Where Assets autonomously connect to processes
Olisipo Way VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Olisipo Way is an early-stage venture firm that focuses on IT investments. It invests in technology companies with very diverse and complementary skills. The initial portfolio of Olisipo Way comes from the innovation created within the Olisipo through the continuous stimulation of innovation among employees and the incubation of new businessventures.The firm was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Lisbon, Lisboa.
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Investment focus
  • Software, SaaS, Communities
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Convertible Note
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
  • Checkfirst — Create AI-powered inspection workflows that collect and verify on-site data, effortlessly.
  • OSCAR — On-demand app for home services like repair, cleaning and laundry with fixed prices in less than 30 minutes.
Shilling VC Fund · Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Shilling is an early-stage venture capital firm backing exceptional founders from the start.Shilling invests in a wide range of verticals and seeks out the biggest opportunities across all B2B and consumer categories. Leveraging the concept of Founder LPs, Shilling brings much more than capital and offers through its Shilling Platform, directaccess to successful founders and executives of leading companies. This platform supports entrepreneurs in validating and developing their ventures, which then accelerate their growth into global markets.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Internet, Software
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Portugal, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Piper — Piper is a next-gen sales productivity and intelligence solution that puts AI to work for both sales reps and sales managers.Through its advanced interpretation of sales conversations from video calls, emails and audio notes, Piper automatically populates deal-related fields in the CRM, freeing up sales capacity and ensuring unbiased, highquality data.Piper further lightens the daily workload of salespeople by assisting through every stage of the client engagement: enhancing meeting prep, drafting follow-up emails, scheduling the next call, and more.For sales reps, Piper is a game-changer, letting them focus on selling without the admin drag. For sales directors and revenue ops, Piper provides top-notch data insights into the sales pipeline, enhancing sales forecasting and data-driven decision-making.
  • Connected — Connected is a startup that offers affordable connecting humans, unleashing a new wave of IoT-based business models and contributing to bridge the digital gap.
  • Vawlt — Simplify your company's transition to the cloud, improve security standards, and optimize storage resource usage.
Lince Capital VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Lince Capital is an independent venture capital company. Lince Capital was born from the experience of a family group with over 30 years of experience in managing investment funds in various business areas, including real estate, infrastructure, agriculture, and telecommunications.Lince Capital is distinguished by its personalized and excellentsupport, close and direct relationship with each of its investors and business partners, and the dedication of an experienced and dynamic team.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, E-Commerce, SaaS
  • Seed, Funding Round
  • Portugal, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
  • Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
  • Bling Energy — Bling Energy is a startup that focuses on providing more efficient and sustainable energy solutions, mostly through solar panels.
Indico Capital Partners VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Indico Capital Partners is the leading independent Venture Capital firm in Portugal investing in global technology companies. Indico focuses on software as a service, artificial intelligence, internet of things, fintech, cybersecurity and digital companies, targeting investments at Seed to Series A level. Founded in 2017, the team at Indico werepreviously behind the majority of the Portuguese global tech success stories, as investors and entrepreneurs.Headed by the two most senior former Caixa Capital VC Team members, supported by a successful and experienced entrepreneur and a strong group of advisors, top entrepreneurs, they raised our first fund (authorized by the Portuguese Securities Market Commission - CMVM) from a cornerstone institutional investor (EIF) and international family/multi-family offices from Europe, US, and Australia. In addition to Silicon Valley, London, and Berlin, cities like Lisbon have emerging startup ecosystems. Portugal went through a difficult macro environment years ago which led to a growth in the entrepreneurship culture and investment. We have excellent tech graduates and a global mindset.Highly innovative companies like luxury eCommerce platform Farfetch, YC graduate machine learning translation platform Unbabel or the leading student accommodation marketplace Uniplaces have a strong Portuguese DNA and went to raise international rounds in the UK and the US - we want to back the next success stories of the ecosystem.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, E-Commerce, B2B
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • FRVR — FRVR brings captivating games to billions of players instantly.
  • Indie Campers — Indie Campers offers adventurers the opportunity to start their journey in one location and end it in any of our other depots, while delivering an outstanding customer service for a unique and unforgettable experience.
  • Oceano Fresco — Oceano Fresco develops and produces bivalves varieties with superior performance for shellfish farmers at a competitive cost, respecting environmental sustainability and ensuring consumer safety.They use a multi-disciplinary approach including expertise in molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, computational biology and intellectualproperty to select value adding traits to shellfish farmers and contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry.They work with hatcheries, nurseries and research centers in order to test and validate their solutions and ensure that they suit the specific needs of each customer, in each technical and environmental context.
Best Horizon VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Best Horizon is a venture capital platform that provides financing, mentoring, and access to their contact and partner network. They have invested in ICT startups for more than a decade. They also have a portfolio of half a hundred companies in Portugal, Spain, USA, Brazil, and the Netherlands.
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Investment focus
  • Music, Gaming, Shipping
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • redcatpig — Award-winning Game Development Studio from Azores, Portugal. Currently working on KEO, a post-apocalyptic/sci-fi vehicle combat game.
  • Musiversal — Record your music in real time with world-class session musicians, vocalists, producers and audio engineers
  • KIT-AR — Reduce time and costs spent fixing errors on your manufacturing shopfloor with quality assurance and augmented reality- Click in to find how!
Notion Capital VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 26 investments in the past 12 months
Notion Capital is a VC firm focused on European SaaS and Cloud.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United Kingdom, United States, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Ferovinum — We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.
  • Round Treasury — Put your startup cash on autopilot. Maximise your runway with smart deposits and withdrawals from your account, safeguarded and administered by regulated brokers.
  • In Parallel — In Parallel aligns strategy and execution, enabling organizations to thrive in complexity and adapt to change. Our Intelligent Operating Model bridge the gap between strategy and operations. Founded in 2023.
Pathena VC Fund · Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
Pathena is an investment firm engaged on boosting the success of information technology and digital biomedical companies.
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Investment focus
  • B2B, Made to Order, Marketing
  • Series A, Seed, Series C
  • Portugal, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • BIZAY / 360imprimir — • Bizay has empowered more than 1 Million SMB’s to grow their businesses during the last 5 years.• Bizay is a tech-based B2B Marketplace for made-to-order products. Running a fabless business model (no capex), it leverages on the idle capacity of production partners to meet the needs of the SMB’s.• Started on printing, packaging, textile andprofessional products and now applying the same model in furniture, food and 3D printing (amongst others).• 360imprimir / 360onlineprint - rebranded to Bizay - Your bussiness your way - to reflect the unlimited product categories. • Bizay is the customer facing brand (the SMB’s do not meet the production partners) and its tech platform manages the production by: o Using data and algorithms to aggregate different orders and to decide in which suppliers to produce them, driving huge efficiency and speed gains. o Enabling full tracking of the orders in the different production partners and automating pre-production processes.• Bizay differentiates themselves from other players by offering: o Online configuration of the products (options to customize and personalize). o Competitive pricing for small and medium orders (similar price per unit as for large orders), 48 hours of delivery time (instead of several weeks) and guaranteed quality (customer-facing brand ensuring high quality levels). o Integrated value chain in a single offer (on-demand design services provided by external providers).• Originally selling in Portugal, Spain, Brazil and México, the company raised B round of 18m€ one year ago (communicated in April) in order to launch new countries.• 17 new countries were launched in 2019 simultaneously (including DE, FR, UK and USA).• In 2019, 8 months of trading in the new countries confirm: o Competitiveness pricing of their offer in all the market. o Market deepness and sound acquisition metrics.
  • Promptly — Health Analytics Patient Report Outcomes, Health Care, Value based health
  • NVision Imaging Technologies — NVision Imaging Technologies is leveraging advances in quantum physics to enable the first routine, convenient and affordable use of Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) for assessing early patient response to cancer treatment at the metabolic level.
WISENEXT VC Fund · Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
WiseNext is a venture and smart capital investment company. We focus on helping young entrepreneurs with innovative ideas that have an impact on our society, providing capital, knowledge and networking.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Pleez — Pleez offers Restaurant's an optimisation of their menu within Delivery Platforms, so that they can have a revenue increase up to 25%.
  • Reckon.ai — Seamless Shopping 24/7 with Reckon.ai. Our AI-powered solution enables autonomous stores, where customers can grab what they want and go, checkout free.
  • Relive — Relive is empowering the next generation of real estate entrepreneurs, with a mobile app that allows them to work for themselves, from anywhere, while saving time and earning commissions faster.
Faber VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 5 investments in the past 12 months
Faber is a Lisbon-based venture capital firm investing in outstanding entrepreneurs who innovate at the intersection of science and technology to drive digital transformation and climate action. The firm combines a specialist focus on deep tech early-stage startups with dedicated funds, investment teams and expert advisors to actively help foundersbuild global companies powered by AI/data or climate/ocean technologies. Faber’s unique approach in Southern Europe is led by an entrepreneurial management partnership and backed by notable thesis-driven institutions and private investors. Investing since 2013, the firm has been an early investor in hard tech companies such as Unbabel, SWORD Health, Codacy, iLoF or YData
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Investment focus
  • Software, Machine Learning, SaaS
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • Portugal, United Kingdom, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Opnova — Opnova breaks through the rework barrier in IT, security, and compliance operations, delivering intelligent automation to workflows where implementing conventional automation was not previously practical or possible.
  • Hefring Marine — Hefring Marine's on-board AI saves fuel consumption, significantly reduces carbon emissions and improves safety in boats and vessels through our real time sea navigation guidance for both manned and unmanned vessels.
  • Mitiga Solutions — Mitigating the risk from climate-driven perils to your business assets everywhere.
COREangels VC Fund · Ílhavo, Aveiro, Portugal · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Where startups can get much more than money, and Investors can professionally invest as angels.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Information Technology
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Angel
  • Spain, Portugal, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Imageryst — Imageryst automatically extracts satellite imagery insights to enhance global strategic and operational decisions.
  • Plain Tiger — Elevate your hotel and spa with Plain Tiger's B2B marketplace. Source sustainably from our curated portfolio of consumables suppliers, featuring leading products for spas, hotel rooms, and operations. Connect with verified sustainable suppliers, fueling an eco-conscious shift in hospitality.
  • Triple — The best payment data enrichment solution. Our API includes fraud detection, transaction enrichment, categorization, subscriptions, and carbon footprint.
Bynd Venture Capital VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Bynd is a leading Iberian Venture Capital firm
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Investment focus
  • Software, Health Care, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Portugal, Spain, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Last.app — Last is a comprehensive restaurant software solution. Thanks to the use of new technologies, our platform offers unique solutions in the market, always with the aim of simplifying and optimizing the tasks of the team of any type of restaurant.
  • Trebellar — Trebellar provides advanced data analytics for building occupancy, energy efficiency, and climate optimization. Maximize your workplace productivity with our intelligent building solutions.
  • Incapto Coffee — Incapto Coffee offers the sale of the automatic coffee machine and a subscription system for coffee beans.
SVG Ventures VC Fund · Los Gatos, California, United States · 4 investments in the past 12 months
We are a Venture & Innovation Platform Advancing the Food & Agriculture Industries We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the food and agriculture industries.
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Investment focus
  • AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • scoutlabs — We're building the world's densest digital trap network to accurately gauge insect pest pressure. This helps millions of farmers in precisely combating crop-eating insects, accelerating a transition to more sustainable methods. Good for the farmer, the environment and for our food security
  • Cynomys — Soluzioni IOT di monitoraggio ambientale per allevamenti e aziende
  • Verdi Expeditions — Verdi is building the world's first truly scalable platform for farm automation. We work with the world's largest food brands to grow better and more sustainable crops.
All Iron Ventures VC Fund · Bilbao, Pais Vasco, Spain · 5 investments in the past 12 months
All Iron Ventures partners up with bold founders promoting innovative startups. We mainly invest in the early stages of European companies that aspire to reshape the future of both consumers and enterprises through technology. We at All Iron Ventures have been and continue to be entrepreneurs. We know what it is to be a founder and empathize withthe challenges our partner founders face. We put our resources and experience creating, scaling and selling companies at their disposal to help them take their projects to the next level. Based in Bilbao, Spain, and with approximately €110Mn under management, All Iron Ventures was promoted by the founders of Ticketbis, a global marketplace sold to eBay in 2016, in what is one of the main success stories in Spain’s startup ecosystem.
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Investment focus
  • Software, E-Commerce, Internet
  • Seed, Series A, Series B
  • Spain, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Manglai — Manglai is a user-friendly platform that simplifies, speeds up, and ensures the accuracy of carbon footprint measurement, reduction, and certification.
  • Exoticca — Exoticca develops an online platform intended to facilitate travel booking. The company's platform offers holiday packages which includes flights, accommodation, meals, guides and private transports, for exotic locations all around the world, enabling travelers to book travel packages online at competitive prices.
  • Imperia — We provide to our clients tools for managing and optimizing their processes in the area of operations through an innovative, advanced and user-friendly software solution. Analytics Demand Planning (ADP) is a complete solution to support the demand forecasting process, based on two key pillars: 1. Easy-to-use: the solution is fully integrated inExcel, providing great ease of use and minimum implementation times. “If you know how to use Excel, you know how to use ADP”. 2. Collaborative planning: the tool is developed under a collaborative environment in which all members of the organization can be involved in the process, improving the decision-making process.Furthermore, it has great computing power based on statistical models and a wide range of advanced functionalities that add extra value to the product. Such as reference segmentation, intelligent cleaning of historical data series and integrated dashboards for sales and forecast analytics.
Curiosity VC VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Investing in the next generation B2B software companies in the Benelux, Nordics & Baltics
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • The Netherlands, Finland, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Epum — EpumRE empowers institutional CRE investors to see into the future using geospatial AI.
  • Moonlit.ai — Moonlit is a legal knowledge platform designed to facilitate cross-border legal research and monitoring across the European Union. It offers users access to a wide range of legal documents, automated translations, and AI-driven insights to streamline the research process.
  • Onesurance — Maak gebruik van de kracht van onze geavanceerde AI Decision Engine om de winstgevendheid van uw verzekeringsbedrijf aanzienlijk te verhogen.
Maersk Growth VC Fund · Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark · 3 investments in the past 12 months
Integrated logistics company and global leader in container shipping.
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Investment focus
  • Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Software
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, United Kingdom, Denmark
Portfolio highlights
  • Captura — Captura mission is globally scalable carbon capture to support a sustainable future for the climate.
  • Pactum — Pactum autonomous negotiations help companies unlock hidden value. Our AI negotiates non-strategic supplier contracts on a massive scale.
  • Blue World Technologies — Blue World Technologies accelerates the green transition by enabling the use of renewable methanol through high efficient fuel cells.
Omnes Capital VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Omnes, "Powering Entrepreneurs" is a Leading private equity firm dedicated to energy transition and innovation.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Biotechnology, Health Care
  • Series A, Funding Round, Series B
  • France, Germany, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Qantev — Qantev is the leading AI claims platform for health & life insurance, enabling insurers to automate claims operations, reduce leakage, improve loss ratios, enhance data quality, and elevate customer experience.
  • Carbyon — Carbyon is a Netherlands-based company that develops direct air capture (DAC) technologies. The company's fuels help to replace fossil hydrocarbons with electrical batteries or hydrogen (H2), alternative energy carriers that are used to store renewable electricity and make major changes to transportation facilities, energy grids, and gastransportation networks, filters CO2 from the air and supply it in a purified form to make kerosene for aircraft, enabling existing fossil industry to re-use and repurpose these storage and transport facilities for renewable hydrocarbons.
  • Unseenlabs — Unseenlabs designs and develops a spectrum surveillance payload which is designed to detect and track non-cooperative vessels wherever they happen to be in the world.
CapitalT VC Fund · Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, The Netherlands · 4 investments in the past 12 months
CapitalT is a venture capital fund investing in tech companies in climate tech, future of work, education, and web3/the new social. They help exceptional teams develop groundbreaking ideas to grow better, scale faster, and change across their industries.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Information Technology
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • United Kingdom, The Netherlands, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • RYE — RYE is a members-only, low-cost green energy supplier built for businesses with no time to deal with energy suppliers. Always accurate energy or it's free.
  • trail — Trail offers a straightforward approach to implementing AI Governance, empowering developers and businesses to create reliable AI solutions
  • AirForestry — AirForestry thins forests in a completely new way, namely from the air. #Re-inventing Forestry
MSM VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
MSM is an early-stage generalist impact fund that invests all across Europe.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, B2B
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • United Kingdom, Germany, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • GoParity — GoParity is an online savings and investment platform that uses a P2P business model to simplify investment and allow citizens and companies to get a decent return on their sustainable loans. Citizens and companies invest their funds in projects they believe in to generate economic, social and environmental impact.We are driving the transitiontowards a more sustainable and inclusive economic system, making investment in sustainable solutions accessible to all, from citizens to small enterprises. Join us @ www.goparity.com
  • UpLink — UpLink is a Telecommunications company that empowers the spread of The Collective Network farther, faster, and cheaper.UpLink believes that connectivity is a human right, an enabler of growth, and an equalizer of opportunities. They envision a world where the Internet is more accessible, inclusive, and affordable. Founded by Carlos Lei Santosand Andre Francisco in 2016 and is located in New York, NY.
  • WNWN Food Labs — We're WNWN Food Labs and we love food. We're creating delicious, sustainable and ethical alternatives to unsustainable and ethically dubious foods. We're starting with cacao-free chocolate. Changing chocolate? It's Win-Win #alt-chocolate #altchocolate #alt-universe #altuniverse #alt-protein
TrulyMad VC Fund
TrulyMad Business Accelerator
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Investment focus
  • Beauty, Fitness, Wellness
  • Pre-Seed
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
Ideias Glaciares Angel
Ideias Glaciares
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Investment focus
  • Wellness, SaaS, Mobile Apps
  • Pre-Seed, Seed
  • Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • Replai — Without data, creative choices are just guesswork. Replai helps you understand the difference between a creative that your audience acts on and one that is just another scroll.
  • sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
  • MIGHTY — MIGHTY is a maker of healthy food fridges for the workplace. Their healthy food fridges use a software platform that organizes and coordinates logistics with local storage and distribution partners.
Pitchdrive VC Fund · Antwerp, Antwerpen, Belgium · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Pitchdrive is a pre-seed investor run by experienced tech entrepreneurs backing founders during their crazy startup ride. Buckle up.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • Belgium, United Kingdom, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • FixForm — At FixForm, we aim to keep spaces and buildings in good, safe and clean condition. Our platform allows everybody to report problems with just the snap of a picture. Simplify your maintenance today and become part of the FixForm community.
  • Munchfam — Munchfam develops virtual brands that restaurants can sell online and the supporting supply chain. We use existing restaurants that produce our menus in their kitchens in addition to their own. The supply chain is built the same way as Mcdonald's, Subway, etc. with supplier and wholesaler networks under Munchfam’s control. We make our moneyfrom ingredient sales, online sales commissions & subscription fees.
  • Vendorvue — Vendorvue revolutionize vendor management for procurement teams.
Ganexa Capital VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Ability to open doors on opportunities (potential clients/strategic partners/suppliers/etc). Add market credibility, something missing in many start-ups.Know-how that can save you time, money and unnecessary stress and worry. Ability to complement the existing management team, filling gapsThey understand the difficulties andhardships of starting and building a business. They are motivated to work with you on the building process, and not just wait for the end result
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Investment focus
  • Health Care, Fitness, Wellness
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Portugal, United States, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Abtrace — Abtrace is an automated, self-learning care system where we can provide personalised care, delivered at population scale - where predictive, preventative and proactive approaches keep people healthy and out of hospital.
  • sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
  • ChemiTek — Certified & sustainable solutions for industrial maintenance. We have the solutions you need!
Caixa Capital VC Fund · Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Caixa Capital is the Private Equity and Venture Capital arm of banking Group Caixa Geral de Depósitos and has a track record spanning over two decades of activity, since the industry was created in Portugal. It is a leading investor in terms of funds under management, portfolio size and diversity.Caixa Capital´s mission is to invest in fundsand companies, led by highly qualified management teams, with high growth and valuation potential, that enable our funds to achieve an attractive risk adjusted return and for society at large to benefit sustainably from our activity.Currently with more than 700 million Euros under management and a portfolio of over 80 investments, Caixa Capital is a reference in this area with special links to the respective European sector associations.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, SaaS
  • Seed, Series A, Funding Round
  • Portugal, United States, Spain
Portfolio highlights
  • HiJiffy — Increase direct bookings and upselling with HiJiffy's AI-powered communication solutions for hospitality.
  • Probely — Probely is a web application and API vulnerability scanner for agile teams. Automate Security Testing by adding Probely into your SDLC and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
European regional development fund (ERDF) VC Fund · Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium
The European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) aims to improve the European Union's economic, social, and territorial cohesion by resolving imbalances across its various regions. ERDF funds initiatives for which the European Commission and national and regional governments in member countries share responsibility. Each member state'sgovernment decides which initiatives to support and is responsible for their continued supervision.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence
  • Grant, Funding Round, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, Germany, France
Portfolio highlights
  • Losanje — Losanje has a brand and an upcycling workshop that gives second-hand and unsold completed apparel and textiles a second life. Its goal is to create an innovative manufacturing chain that will allow for the first time the industrialization of upcycling, as well as to implement the most credible solution, both ecologically and economically.
  • PulmoBiomed — Pulmobiomed has developed a best-in-class exhaled breath condensate device, capable of capturing Covid-19 particles in as little as 5 seconds. Pulmobiomed a biotechnology company is working with industry leaders in integrating their diagnostic capabilities into our PBM-Hale device. Pulmobiomed techn
  • Knock Technology — The world's simplest video chat app: Improves mental health and boosts innovation. It's a secure, cost effective and peer-to-peer telecoms solution for everyone.
Bright Pixel VC Fund · Maia, Porto, Portugal · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Sonae IM is the corporate venturing arm of Sonae (retail and telco group), which is focused on investing in tech-based companies. The company invests in a broad range of companies related to Sonae's core, joining funding with a strategic profile.With a flexible investment style and approach, Sonae IM leverages on its technology expertise,brand capital, and access to a global network. The company supports companies to achieve success with an internal pool of experts, which supports portfolio management.Sonae has been developing different corporate venturing initiatives for long, namely revenue assurance leader WeDo (2001) and Mainroad spin-off (2003) and subsequent successful exit (2014). Moreover, after deciding that Cyber security was an interesting area, it invested in Spanish cyber security company s21sec (2014). Another critical space for retailers, location analytics, led to the investment in Movvo (2014).Since the official launch of Sonae IM in late 2015, the company invested in InovRetail (demand forecasting for retailers), StyleSage (fashion tech predictive analytics) and Sysvalue (cyber security add on for s21sec). Additionally, Sonae IM got involved in the acquisition of Novo Banco's stakes in 3 funds managed by ES Ventures and launched Bright Pixel (company builder studio). Sonae IM was officially founded in 2015, but corporate venturing initiatives within Sonae are in Sonae's DNA for longer and led to what Sonae IM is today. The company is based in Porto, Portugal.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Cyber Security
  • Series A, Series B, Series C
  • United States, Spain, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Harmonya — The all-in-one AI-powered product data enrichment, categorization, and insights platform for CPGs and retailers
  • Infraspeak — Infraspeak is an Intelligent CMMS Software that brings outstanding flexibility, connectivity and intelligence to your operations.
  • Afresh — A solution built specifically to manage fresh department inventory, forecasting, ordering, merchandising, and store operations. Afresh eliminates food waste, improves perimeter operations, and transforms demand planning chainwide.
Five Seasons Ventures VC Fund · Paris, Ile-de-France, France · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Five Seasons Ventures is a Paris-based venture capital firm entirely focused on innovative companies along the food and agriculture supply chain. Consumers are becoming more conscious about their nutritional choices and they are changing their dietary preferences to healthier food, extreme convenience, cleaner labels, and higher sustainability. Thefirm provides reliable capital, technology, and food experience, and a network of industry contacts to European food tech entrepreneurs who create new food categories, develop cleaner processes and ingredients and use technology to enable new and disruptive business models.
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Investment focus
  • Food and Beverage, E-Commerce, Food Processing
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Germany, United Kingdom, France
Portfolio highlights
  • KoRo — KoRo is a fast-growing FoodTech startup - one of the leading brands for healthy, long-lasting and sustainable food.
  • Pyxo — A partir du 1er janvier 2023, les restaurants ne pourront plus utiliser d'emballages jetables. Pyxo les accompagne pour rendre la transition simple !
  • Mammaly — Mammaly, a pet health startup that develops a range of snacks specifically targeting and helping reduce the severity of common aging dog issues.
CaixaBank VC Fund · Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Portal web corporativo de CaixaBank. Información corporativa para Accionistas e Inversores, información comercial y sobre responsabilidad corporativa.
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Investment focus
  • Renewable Energy, Apps, Food Delivery
  • Debt Financing, Seed, Pre-Seed
  • Spain, Italy, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • Fincantieri — Fincantieri is one of the shipbuilding groups and number one by diversification and innovation. It is leader in cruise ship design and construction and a reference player in all high-tech shipbuilding industry’s sectors, from naval to offshore vessels, from high-complexity special vessels and ferries to mega-yachts, ship repairs and conversions,systems and components production and after-sales services.
  • Italcer Group — Italcer Group is a manufacturer of indoor and outdoor ceramic products.
  • El Corte Ingles — El Corte Inglés is a business group with more than 80 years of history, upholding the same values as always. Our steadfast principles of ethical and responsible conduct allow us to evolve towards an omnichannel model more aligned with digitalisation, diversification and sustainability. This has meant a progress in the transformation of El CorteInglés from a retailer to a unique ecosystem. Without ever taking our eyes off the product and service quality, expertise, curated selections, guarantees and innovation we offer with the ultimate goal of making people's lives easier.
SID Venture Partners VC Fund · 2 investments in the past 12 months
First Ukrainian high-technology venture capital firm established by IT experts for IT geeks, investing in early-stage tech companies
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Investment focus
  • Software, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
  • United States, Ukraine, Bahamas
Portfolio highlights
  • AiSDR — AiSDR sales automation acts as your inside sales rep. From outbound to inbound emails, AiSDR runs your outreach and drives leads to customers
  • Haiqu — Haiqu Inc. is a quantum computing software firm focusing on the development of enabling technology to improve the performance of modern quantum hardware. Their software addresses the adoption obstacles that prevent scalable quantum applications from being realized, allowing for a broader variety of practical use cases in finance, life sciences,mobility, and other fields.
  • Iris Finance — Discover Iris Finance, the most innovative AI-powered finance platform for your consumer brand. Maximize profits effortlessly with real-time financial intelligence, data science insights, and strategic planning.
7 Graus VC Fund · Matosinhos, Porto, Portugal
7Graus is a develop websites and create quality content to meet the information and entertainment needs of Internet users around the world
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Investment focus
  • Internet, E-Commerce
  • Seed
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Barkyn — Delivering health and happiness to pet families, reshaping the future of e-commerce.
Pedro Lourenço Angel
Pedro Lourenço
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Investment focus
  • Consumer, Analytics, Insurance
  • Angel, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, United States
Portfolio highlights
  • MindProber — Not all impressions are created equal. Understand the emotional impact of your content. Learn about Mediaprobe - Next-gen media measurement.
  • Habit — Habit's mission is to bring context and meaningfulness to the way insurance is sold. We connect brands with insurers to enable the best way to distribute insurance - on digital.
Semapa Next VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal
Semapa Next is a venture capital firm that invests in European-based companies aspiring to become global category leaders.
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Investment focus
  • SaaS, Information Technology, B2B
  • Series A, Seed
  • Portugal, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Soveren — Soveren helps engineering and security teams protect personal data by detecting privacy risks and analyzing real-time data flows within your infrastructure.
  • Ferovinum — We are a technology enabled supply chain financing partner for the wine and spirit industries. Our platform funds wine producers, whisky distillers, bottlers and merchants.
  • RealFevr — Collect moments with the most iconic video moments of your favourite football players.
Seaya VC Fund · Madrid, Madrid, Spain · 9 investments in the past 12 months
Leading European VC investing in exceptional entrepreneurs who build global tech companies. Seaya currently manages +€600M across 5 funds
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Investment focus
  • Financial Services, Software, FinTech
  • Series A, Series B, Seed
  • Spain, France, Mexico
Portfolio highlights
  • Samara — Samara is a cleantech company.
  • Resilience — Resilience Care is building a software-based solution for cancer treatment providers and patients.
  • Passionfruit — Join hundreds of the best startups around the world and use Passionfruit to hire freelance marketing specialists on-demand.
Golden Egg Check Capital VC Fund · Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Het venture capital fonds van Golden Egg Check investeert samen met de beste angels en VCs in snelgroeiende techbedrijven.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Information Technology, Internet
  • Seed, Pre-Seed
  • The Netherlands, Canada, Estonia
Portfolio highlights
  • Haaven — Guest room. Garden office. Atelier. Playground. Arcade. Yoga space. Airbnb. You decide. Permit-free and perfect for any backyard.
  • Orquesta — Orq.ai is a Generative AI Collaboration Platform where developers and product teams build production-grade AI features. Discover Orq.ai today.
  • Runnr.ai — Runnr.ai is an AI driven communication solution to simplify and automate all communication between accommodations and their guests
Sérgio Oliveira Angel
Sérgio Oliveira
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Investment focus
  • PaaS, Soccer, Sports
  • Series A
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • RealFevr — Collect moments with the most iconic video moments of your favourite football players.
SVG Ventures VC Fund · Los Gatos, California, United States
We work with leading corporations, startups, universities, and growers to solve the biggest challenges facing the agtech and foodtech industries.
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Investment focus
  • AgTech, Agriculture, Farming
  • Pre-Seed, Seed, Funding Round
  • United States, Canada, Ireland
Portfolio highlights
  • FarmWise — FarmWise provides technology-based services that allow farmers to streamline farm operations and increase food production efficiency.
  • Napigen — We are the genome editing company specialized for mitochondrial engineering. We address unmet needs of future food supplies by creating hybrid crop plants to boost their yields to an unprecedented level. The company’s technology creates robust male sterile lines that are ideal over conventional lines because of their stability and elitebackgrounds. This allows the production of non-GM hybrid seeds in crop plants that are currently mostly non-hybrid such as wheat. Our technology solution is expected to fulfill the highest level of public acceptance and aspiration.
  • Iamus Technologies — Iamus Technologies Limited is an Artificial Intelligence & Robotics company based in Ireland that has developed poultry specific robotic technology that empowers poultry farmers to make better and safer production decisions. Over the last 2 years we have been working globally with poultry processors in identifying KPIs that our robots cancontinuously gather on the ground in poultry sheds and feedback instantly to both producer and the relevant personnel back at the processing plant. Results to date are impressive with automatic and accurate data recovery from the birds on every part of the floor and analysis with real-time intervention now possible. These factors are key in addressing the growing demands of modern, intensive broiler production with the Iamus robot & platform meeting these requirements.
Morningstar Ventures VC Fund · Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates · 26 investments in the past 12 months
We are a proprietary investment firm focused on digital assets and blockchain technology, primarily focused on the Elrond Ecosystem.
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Investment focus
  • Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming
  • Seed, Funding Round, Series A
  • United States, Singapore, Germany
Portfolio highlights
  • Gudchain — Gudchain operates a game creation firm that specializes in web-3 games. The company's platform incorporates blockchain technology into its games, allowing gamers to play and earn simultaneously.
  • Nexio — Nexio is a bitcoin scaling solution platform that helps to improve cryptocurrency's scalability by using parallelizing Bitcoin rollouts.
  • KIP Protocol — KIP Protocol is a decentralised AI framework unlocking digital property rights of Knowledge Assets in the AI-powered future.
Hiero VC Fund · New York, New York, United States
Hiero is a holding company that has developed, invested in, and contributed to dozens of early-stage ventures.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Compliance, Marketplace
  • Pre-Seed
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Checkfirst — Create AI-powered inspection workflows that collect and verify on-site data, effortlessly.
Übermorgen Ventures VC Fund · Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland · 4 investments in the past 12 months
We are an early stage VC for climate tech startups.
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Investment focus
  • Software, Energy, Renewable Energy
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Funding Round
  • Germany, Switzerland, Finland
Portfolio highlights
  • Marathon Fusion — The fuel cycle for fusion energy.
  • Companion.energy — Software to manage industrial energy flexibility in the age of renewables.
  • Open Forest Protocol — With Open Forest Protocol (OFP), measure, report, verify and fund forestation projects with digital transparency
Seedrs VC Fund · London, England, United Kingdom · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Online investing opportunities in the best new startup businesses, and raise seed and angel investment, with top European equity crowdfunding site Seedrs.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Software, FinTech
  • Seed, Equity Crowdfunding, Pre-Seed
  • United Kingdom, United States, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Laka — Laka is collective bicycle insurance especially for cyclists. We flipped insurance. By making it pay to pay out, we are the collective that backs each other. Protect your bikes and gear against theft & damage with Laka 5-star rated cycle insurance.
  • Signature Brew — Signature Brew is a music bar and brewery that aims to bring people together. They provide beer, booze, and live music for their patrons, which enables them to bring the community together through the power of good beer, music, and memories.
  • SRSLY Low Carb — SRSLYLowCarb is a home for healthy, Keto and Low Carb friendly foods. Perfect for diabetic-friendly diets. Elevate your health journey with us!
ADvantage VC Fund · Jerusalem, Yerushalayim, Israel
ADvantage Sports Tech Fund invests in early-stage technology companies aimed at shaping the future of sports. ADvantage is backed by leAD Sports, an initiative spearheaded by the grandchildren of Adi Dassler to further sports innovation, and global hybrid venture capital platform, OurCrowd. ADvantage is leveraging a strong global network to sourceleading opportunities in the spaces of fan engagement and experience, connected athletes and communities, and derivative sports (eSports, fantasy, and new sports).
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Investment focus
  • Sports, eSports, PaaS
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, India, Israel
Portfolio highlights
  • Rooter — Rooter is an Indian game streaming platform that organizes multiple esports tournaments and owns many gaming IPs. It focuses on the massive mobile gaming market of more than 350 mn gamers. Conceptualized in 2016, Rooter was initially set up by Piyush and Dipesh Agarwal to build a strong community of sports fans around the world. But soon afterthe outbreak of COVID-19, Rooter forayed into game streaming to build one of the country’s biggest communities of gamers as well. Rooter has reached out to more than 23 mn users with an average user watching Live game streams daily for 26 mins. Rooter also runs the biggest community program to build the next million game streamers in India. Today Rooter is the biggest streaming platform in India available across Android, iOS, and Desktop.
  • Greenfly — Greenfly's short-form media orchestration software platform captures, collects, organizes & distributes videos & photos to drive fan engagement and boost revenue for sports and entertainment organizations.
  • RealFevr — Collect moments with the most iconic video moments of your favourite football players.
Speedinvest VC Fund · Vienna, Wien, Austria · 42 investments in the past 12 months
Speedinvest is one of Europe’s most active early-stage investors, with more than €1bn AUM, 40 investors, and offices in Berlin, London, Munich, Paris, Vienna and San Francisco. Your success is our priority, so we don’t just send some money and "check in" at board meetings. Our mission is to empower you with game-changing support throughevery stage of your journey. Our focused investment teams know your industry inside and out. Their Deep Tech, Fintech, Industrial Tech, Network Effects, Digital Health and Subscriptions experience, know-how and deep networks are yours from day one. You also have full access to our in-house Platform+ team of operational experts who can provide tailored growth marketing, people (HR), US business development, and networking support throughout every stage of your journey.
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Investment focus
  • Software, FinTech, Financial Services
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Germany, United Kingdom, Austria
Portfolio highlights
  • autone — Autone is a SaaS operational platform enabling retail & CPG businesses to make optimal decisions easily and quickly
  • AllFocal Optics — AllFocal Optics revolutionizes display technology through groundbreaking nanophotonic solutions.
  • Recyda GmbH — All-in-one Packaging Recyclability Management
White Star Capital VC Fund · New York, New York, United States · 11 investments in the past 12 months
Our presence, perspective and people enable us to partner closely with founders to help them define this future.
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Software, Financial Services
  • Series A, Seed, Series B
  • United States, Canada, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • Lockchain.ai — AI-powered risk management for digital assets.
  • RedStone — RedStone delivers frequently updated, reliable and diverse data for your dApp and smart contracts.
  • Blueberry Protocol — Blueberry is an interface for interacting with the rest of DeFi with the ability to leverage and hedge by borrowing from an internal lending market.
Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento VC Fund · Porto, Lisboa, Portugal
Instituição Financeira de Desenvolvimento (IFD), with headquarters in Porto, has as its main goal to direct public financial resources, preferentially leveraged by private co-financing, and in particular Financial Instruments (FI) of Equity / Quasi-Equity and Mid- to Long-Term Debt, so that “viable” SME may increase their equity capital andfinance their investments, while developing their activity in industries concerning tradable goods or services, in the start-up, growth or transfer of ownership stages. Created on the 21st of October of 2014 by the Decree-Law No. 155/2014, IFD is a State-owned financial company, registered with the Banco de Portugal under number 316, whose object is to perform operations to mitigate market failures in financing to small and medium enterprises (SME), through the management of investment funds, other autonomous sets of assets or instruments of a similar nature, co-financed by public funds to support the economy, and the performance of credit operations, including issuance of guarantees and other commitments.IFD’s Mission is to design, structure and operationalise financing solutions that address market failures in Portuguese SME access to finance, thus contributing to economic development and to the creation of wealth and employment, with growing volumes of added value.
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Investment focus
  • AgTech, Internet, Software
  • Seed
  • Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • Agri Marketplace — A b2b digital marketplace where fair food trade is made easy, fast and transparent!
Pankaj Chaddah Angel · Gurgaon, Haryana, India · 2 investments in the past 12 months
Pankaj Chaddah is the Co-Founder of Shyft. Pankaj graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering from IIT Delhi in 2007.
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Investment focus
  • E-Commerce, Fitness, Health Care
  • Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
  • India, France, Portugal
Portfolio highlights
  • sheerME — SheerME is Revolutionising the way people find, book, and pay for their Wellness and Beauty services powered by a benefit-based walletOur approach is based on Discovery, Transaction & Reward to create more online visibility, reach, conversion into new business, loyalty, and frequency through our wallet and cashback ecosystem, to all ourpartners in the beauty and wellness sectors.This made us a fresh and different option in this sector where there are mainly SaaS players, and we bring marketplace with no monthly fee, only a commission for business sent through our owned and partner channels.
  • Yoho — Yoho manufactures orthopaedic lightweight footwear.
  • Clean Electric — Clean Electric builds Lithium-Ion Batteries with Liquid Immersion Cooling. Fast Charge. Long Life. Unparalleled Safety.
BlueCrow Capital VC Fund · Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal · 4 investments in the past 12 months
Expert investment fund management & advisory since 2010. Specializing in venture capital, private equity, and wealth management
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Investment focus
  • FinTech, Payments, Mobile Payments
  • Seed
  • United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates
Portfolio highlights
  • PayNest — PayNest is a payments amalgamator, which was created with the core mission of digitizing cash collection in the Middle East.
  • Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
  • Oceano Fresco — Oceano Fresco develops and produces bivalves varieties with superior performance for shellfish farmers at a competitive cost, respecting environmental sustainability and ensuring consumer safety.They use a multi-disciplinary approach including expertise in molecular biology, genetics, animal physiology, computational biology and intellectualproperty to select value adding traits to shellfish farmers and contribute to the sustainability and profitability of the aquaculture industry.They work with hatcheries, nurseries and research centers in order to test and validate their solutions and ensure that they suit the specific needs of each customer, in each technical and environmental context.
Explorer Investments VC Fund · Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal
Founded in 2003, Explorer is Portugals leading independent management company of alternative assets, with a reputation for outstanding quality, in-depth experience and an excellent track record.
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Investment focus
  • Solar, Energy, Fitness
  • Seed, Private Equity
  • Portugal, Australia
Portfolio highlights
  • Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
  • Okra Solar — Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia.
  • Holmes Place — Holmes Place is a premium health, fitness, and wellness concept that has been leading the industry for over 35 years.
Iberis Capital VC Fund · Lisbon, Lisboa, Portugal · 8 investments in the past 12 months
Iberis is an investment manager that operates a value-oriented investment management.
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Investment focus
  • Information Technology, Software, B2B
  • Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
  • Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom
Portfolio highlights
  • D-Orbit — End-to-end services for the New Space industry, including platform engineering, launch and deployment, and decommissioning.
  • Sensei — We are the leading European provider of autonomous stores, with an AI-powered solution to build efficient operations and deliver a seamless shopping experience.
  • Inflammatix — Inflammatix develops rapid point of care diagnostic tests by reading the immune system, and resolves major clinical health challenges.
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